EP0144228A3 - Glass-filled, absorbable surgical devices - Google Patents

Glass-filled, absorbable surgical devices Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0144228A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: filled; glass; surgical devices; absorbable surgical; absorbable
Prior art date: 1983-12-01
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP84308352A

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EP0144228B1 (en

EP0144228A2 (en

Inventor

Richard L. Kronenthal

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Ethicon Inc

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Ethicon Inc

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1983-12-01

Filing date

1984-11-30

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1986-12-30

1984-11-30 Application filed by Ethicon Inc filed Critical Ethicon Inc

1985-06-12 Publication of EP0144228A2 publication Critical patent/EP0144228A2/en

1986-12-30 Publication of EP0144228A3 publication Critical patent/EP0144228A3/en

1990-01-31 Application granted granted Critical

1990-01-31 Publication of EP0144228B1 publication Critical patent/EP0144228B1/en

2004-11-30 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
- A61L31/00—Materials for other surgical articles, e.g. stents, stent-grafts, shunts, surgical drapes, guide wires, materials for adhesion prevention, occluding devices, surgical gloves, tissue fixation devices
- A61L31/14—Materials characterised by their function or physical properties, e.g. injectable or lubricating compositions, shape-memory materials, surface modified materials
- A61L31/148—Materials at least partially resorbable by the body
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
- A61B17/064—Surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
- A61B17/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels, umbilical cord
- A61B17/122—Clamps or clips, e.g. for the umbilical cord
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
- A61L31/00—Materials for other surgical articles, e.g. stents, stent-grafts, shunts, surgical drapes, guide wires, materials for adhesion prevention, occluding devices, surgical gloves, tissue fixation devices
- A61L31/12—Composite materials, i.e. containing one material dispersed in a matrix of the same or different material
- A61L31/125—Composite materials, i.e. containing one material dispersed in a matrix of the same or different material having a macromolecular matrix
- A61L31/127—Composite materials, i.e. containing one material dispersed in a matrix of the same or different material having a macromolecular matrix containing fillers of phosphorus-containing inorganic materials

EP84308352A 1983-12-01 1984-11-30 Glass-filled, absorbable surgical devices Expired - Lifetime EP0144228B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US557038		1983-12-01
US06/557,038 US4612923A (en)	1983-12-01	1983-12-01	Glass-filled, absorbable surgical devices

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0144228A2 EP0144228A2 (en)	1985-06-12
EP0144228A3 true EP0144228A3 (en)	1986-12-30
EP0144228B1 EP0144228B1 (en)	1990-01-31

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP84308352A Expired - Lifetime EP0144228B1 (en)	1983-12-01	1984-11-30	Glass-filled, absorbable surgical devices

Country Status (11)

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US (1)	US4612923A (en)
EP (1)	EP0144228B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPS60135038A (en)
AR (1)	AR242967A1 (en)
AU (1)	AU570748B2 (en)
BR (1)	BR8406096A (en)
CA (1)	CA1260183A (en)
DE (1)	DE3481161D1 (en)
DK (1)	DK567984A (en)
MX (1)	MX163279B (en)
ZA (1)	ZA849365B (en)

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